Extension-table



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J. H. ROBBINS. EXTENSION TABLE. No. 556,645. Patented Mar. 17, 1896.

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JOSEPH II. ROBBINS, OF OYVOSSG, MICHIGAN.

EXTENSION-TABLE.

$PEC IFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,645, dated liIarch 17, 1896.

Application filed August 27,1895. Serial No. 560,694. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. ROBBINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Owosso, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Extension- Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in extension-tables and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the device whereby the leaves of the extension-tableare stored when not in use within the case or frame of the table and are supported by the extension-slides in position, from whence they can be readily removed for use, the object of the invention being to form a convenient receptacle for the storing of the leaves when such leaves are not in use, and also means for closing and concealing said receptacle by means of a hinged door or lid. These objects I accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows an inverted plan of a table constructed in accordance with myinvention, showing the position of the receptacles for the leaves and the hinges which attach the door or lid for concealing the leaves. Fig. 2 shows an inverted end view of a table constructed in accordance with my invention with the lid opened and two of the leaves removed from one of the receptacles; and Fig. 3 shows a plan view of one of the leaves, showing my preferred form. of constructing the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throu ghout the several views.

A represents the rim or rail of a table constructed' in any ordinary manner.

A represents the stationary part of the table cover or top, it being understood that in the ordinary extension-table there is aleaf or cover which is stationary at each end of the table.

B represents the table-legs.

D D represent the outer slides or extensionbars, which are securely attached to one end of the table and are provided with grooves in the ordinary manner.

F E represent extension-bars secured to the other end of the table, and E E represent intermediate extension-bars. The number of these extension-bars may be increased or decreased at pleasure; but I have shown the ordinary number used in an extension-table.

H is an intermediate grooved strip placed between the stationary extension-bars F F and serves to support one side or edge of the leaves when stored in their receptacles.

C 0 show the leaves in the receptacle.

M shows a cross-piece adapted to support the hinged door K.

Referring now to Fig. 2, where the ends of the leaves are shown in one of the receptacles, P P represent grooves, there being shown in the drawings three grooves on each side of the center supportingpiece II and three grooves on each side of the extension-bars F F. The leaf shown by C in Fig. 3 is provided with studs or pins on each side, said pins adapted to attach the leaves together when in place upon the table, and also serving as supports for the leaves within the receptacles, the said studs or pins engaging with the grooves l I. By this construction the supports for the leaves require only very narrowgrooves, which do not greatly weaken the slides and supports, and which retain the leaves securely in position, so that they will not come in contact to mar or injure their surfaces.

In the example of my invention shown in the drawin the receptacles are adapted to hold three leaves each; but it will be understood that these receptacles may be made so as to hold more or less; or in case of a table where but few loose leaves are used a single receptacle maybe substituted in place of the double receptacle shown in Fig. 2.

By my construction I utilize the extension bars or slides which are attached to one end of the table as supports for the leaves when in place. I am enabled also to store the leaves at one end of the table and to conceal them entirely from sight and to use a fulllength leaf, so that the table is symmetrical when the leaves are inserted, and it is not necessary to use a hinged leaf, as has been done in some cases.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an extension table, the combination with the table-frame, of two extension-slides D, D, made rigid with one end of said frame,

grooves in the central support and extensionslides, whereby said leaves are supported out I of contact with one another entirely by their tenons when stored within the table, and a hinged door adapted to conceal said lids, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my :0

hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH H. ROBBINS. [L. s] \Vitnesses:

ADOLPH R. NEUMAN, WILLIAM J. BOYCE. 

